NORTH KOREA VS BRAZIL: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	BRAZIL		NORTH KOREA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	19,814	2	31,342	- 11,528
Stroke	2	14,725	1	49,648	- 34,923
Influenza and Pneumonia	3	11,318	6	6,231	+ 5,088
Violence	4	8,220	28	1,082	+ 7,138
Diabetes Mellitus	5	7,124	14	3,671	+ 3,453
Lung Disease	6	7,096	3	26,178	- 19,082
Kidney Disease	7	4,504	12	3,959	+ 546
Road Traffic Accidents	8	4,048	7	6,210	- 2,162
Lung Cancers	9	3,784	5	11,893	- 8,110
Alzheimers & Dementia	10	3,671	11	4,340	- 669
Hypertension	11	3,445	8	5,368	- 1,923
Colon-Rectum Cancers	12	2,768	15	3,232	- 464
Liver Disease	13	2,560	10	4,506	- 1,946
Breast Cancer	14	2,481	23	1,366	+ 1,115
Prostate Cancer	15	2,271	48	219	+ 2,052
Falls	16	2,252	18	1,801	+ 451
Stomach Cancer	17	2,150	13	3,771	- 1,621
Inflammatory/Heart	18	2,092	34	684	+ 1,408
Endocrine Disorders	19	2,023	39	452	+ 1,571
Suicide	20	1,738	16	2,407	- 669
Other Injuries	21	1,650	20	1,531	+ 119
HIV/AIDS	22	1,501	31	753	+ 748
Congenital Anomalies	23	1,472	29	991	+ 481
Pancreas Cancer	24	1,434	21	1,525	- 91
Liver Cancer	25	1,376	9	5,326	- 3,950
Oesophagus Cancer	26	1,251	24	1,222	+ 29
Lymphomas	27	1,240	35	560	+ 680
Oral Cancer	28	1,189	37	513	+ 677
Cervical Cancer	29	1,137	33	704	+ 432
Leukemia	30	1,020	30	965	+ 55
Skin Disease	31	858	52	158	+ 700
Alcohol	32	851	44	304	+ 547
Low Birth Weight	33	822	25	1,208	- 386
Malnutrition	34	800	43	317	+ 483
Diarrhoeal diseases	35	676	40	374	+ 302
Bladder Cancer	36	634	38	500	+ 134
Chagas disease	37	603	72	0	+ 603
Skin Cancers	38	601	51	168	+ 433
Drownings	39	590	27	1,126	- 536
Tuberculosis	40	585	4	17,417	- 16,832
Parkinson's Disease	41	570	26	1,155	- 585
Other Neoplasms	42	558	59	44	+ 514
Ovary Cancer	43	520	36	532	- 11
Peptic Ulcer Disease	44	509	19	1,712	- 1,203
Birth Trauma	45	451	32	736	- 284
Epilepsy	46	390	45	266	+ 124
Uterin Cancer	47	332	53	138	+ 194
Asthma	48	310	22	1,439	- 1,129
Drug Use	49	295	42	356	- 62
Anemia	50	289	85	0	+ 289
Rheumatic Heart Disease	51	262	17	2,093	- 1,830
Hepatitis C	52	234	64	10	+ 223
Maternal Conditions	53	180	47	252	- 72
Meningitis	54	162	49	207	- 45
Prostatic Hypertrophy	55	131	80	0	+ 131
War	56	130	63	16	+ 114
Appendicitis	57	128	57	57	+ 71
Fires	58	123	46	253	- 131
Hepatitis B	59	93	55	68	+ 24
Schizophrenia	60	79	83	0	+ 79
Rheumatoid Arthritis	61	71	50	198	- 127
Schistosomiasis	62	71	74	0	+ 71
Leishmaniasis	63	52	75	0	+ 52
Multiple Sclerosis	64	43	60	40	+ 3
Osteoarthritis	65	39	81	0	+ 39
Poisonings	66	38	41	366	- 329
Upper Respiratory	67	31	56	67	- 36
Syphilis	68	27	58	54	- 27
Leprosy	69	21	71	0	+ 21
Otitis Media	70	11	70	0	+ 11
Tetanus	71	10	62	28	- 17
Encephalitis	72	8	54	117	- 109
Oral conditions	73	7	82	0	+ 7
Malaria	74	5	69	0	+ 5
Pertussis	75	4	61	34	- 31
Dengue	76	2	76	0	+ 2
Iodine Deficiency	77	1	79	0	+ 1
Ascariasis	78	1	67	1	+ 0
Diphtheria	79	1	68	0	+ 0
Chlamydia	80	1	66	1	- 1
Measles	81	0	65	4	- 3
Vitamin A Deficiency	82	0	86	0	+ 0
Trypanosomiasis	83	0	73	0	+ 0
Trichuriasis	84	0	77	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	85	0	78	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	84	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to NORTH KOREA

Brazil

North Korea

THE INTELLECTUAL EXERCISE

The point of this intellectual exercise is to measure what would happen if two countries shared the same leading causes of death. To make these comparisons possible we equalized the population and used total deaths for each country's top 10 causes to simulate an "Exchange." Use the chart on the left to sort by the country name and use the summary plus and minus column to measure the differences in total deaths.

Life Expectancy statistics are calculated the same way everywhere in the world, but what we die from can be very different depending upon where we live. Despite these differences, with rare exception, the top 10 causes of death for any given country will represent between 70-80% of their total deaths. This is an intellectual exercise only, not a comparison of which country is healthier or to challenge existing life expectancy rankings. If you prefer to see total deaths for over 80 causes and choose your own countries to compare go here: https://www.worldlifeexpectancy.com/world-rankings-total-deaths

ABOUT OUR DATA

All meaningful comparisons between countries should be made using the same data source and year. The most reliable source for International comparisons is the World Health Organization because it is standardized for cross cultural comparisons. It is also reviewed annually, which often makes it more current than individual country data that can take years to compile. The WHO data includes individual country "projections," that are calculated based upon an annual consultation with each country before it is published. There are differences however, such as WHO data separates different forms of heart disease and cancer and combines Alzheimer's with Dementia. In this top 10 comparison WHO data for both countries was used.